List of Butchers in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 916 butchers in Ireland, one in every 439 Irish companies. Three in ten of all butchers are based in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Ennis. Below you find the largest butchers in Ireland, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Irish company database or through the Company Data API.

916 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies9161 in439 Irish companiesCities196Largest cityDublin 140Sole traders2%Employees1-4 (49%)Revenue< $100K (47%)Email25%Phone53%Website31%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Western Seaboard Fishing Company LIMITED	Ireland	Donegal	St Catherines Road	Donegal	F94 X952	N/A	1979	$103,347,808	24	Corporation	2	71233
2	Cavankee Fishing Company LIMITED	Ireland	Lifford	Eleven Ballyboes Greencastle	Donegal	N/A	N/A	1997	$103,347,808	14	Corporation	2	271126
3	Dpb Meats LIMITED	Ireland	Kinsealy	Kinsealy Garden Centre, Malahide Road	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2009	$50,731,831	247	Corporation	4	468137
4	Sean Ward (fish Exports) LIMITED	Ireland	Donegal	Roshine Road	Donegal	F94 CH99	*****.com	1997	$47,540,529	44	Corporation	4	274825
5	Kish Fish Company LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	40-46 Bow Street	Dublin	D07 X304	*****.ie	1967	$28,943,437	104	Corporation	N/A	24530
6	Good Herdsmen (processing) Unlimited Company	Ireland	Drogheda	14 Castle Street	Louth	A92 F409	*****.com	2000	$19,558,622	22	Corporation	14	321691
7	John Stone Fine Foods LIMITED	Ireland	Clonee	Kepak Group	Meath	N/A	N/A	2012	$15,037,619	8	Corporation	42	518874
8	Wrights Of Marino LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	21 Marino Mart	Dublin	D03 EF60	*****.com	1973	$12,488,397	60	Corporation	N/A	40806
9	Kerrigans Factory Shop LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Estate Dublin, 13	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2009	$2,618,610	42	Corporation	3	466361
10	Atlantean Unlimited Company	Ireland	Donegal	Elmwood	Donegal	N/A	N/A	1988	$2,618,610	4	Corporation	3	127787
11	Brownhill Asset Holdings LIMITED	Ireland	Donegal	Roshin Road	Donegal	N/A	N/A	1966	$2,618,610	73	Corporation	4	24250
12	Crescent Seafoods LIMITED	Ireland	Enniscorthy	Mytilus Ballaghablake, Curracloe	Wexford	N/A	N/A	1997	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	7	267274
13	Anderson Smith LIMITED	Ireland	Kilcock	1 the Square	Kildare	N/A	N/A	1999	$2,618,610	29	Corporation	5	303824
14	Apex Protein Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	63 Conquer Hill Road	Dublin	D03 Y3F1	N/A	2025	$872,870	39	Corporation	3	783526
15	Dave & Peter LIMITED	Ireland	Swords	Mroz 67 Applewood Main Street	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2011	$814,989	6	Corporation	N/A	501239
16	O'crualaoi Feoil Teoranta	Ireland	Cork	Ballyburden Beg	Cork	T12 EF44	N/A	2005	$698,296	75	Corporation	6	403641
17	Shellfish Growers Of Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Wexford	Danescastle	Wexford	Y35 A029	N/A	2005	$698,296	1	Corporation	2	409871
18	Stephens Fish Markets LIMITED	Ireland	Mullingar	Blackhall Court	West Meath	N91 X9FP	N/A	2008	$698,296	15	Corporation	3	462160
19	Dc Meats LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	277 Orwell Park Lawns	Dublin	D6W YW81	N/A	2023	$698,296	14	Corporation	2	752644
20	Pm Shellfish LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	77 Camden Street Lower	Dublin	D02 XE80	N/A	2024	$698,296	4	Corporation	2	761836
21	O'crualaoi Butchers LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Ballyburden Beg	Cork	T12 EF44	N/A	2026	$698,296	4	Corporation	6	815275
22	Ocean Trawlers LIMITED	Ireland	Donegal	Donegal Oil	Donegal	F94 TF78	N/A	1999	$698,296	6	Corporation	5	307232
23	Taste Of The Sea LIMITED	Ireland	Balbriggan	Cross of the Cage	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2009	$698,296	4	Corporation	2	468088
24	O' Crualaoi Wilton LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Ballyburden Beg	Cork	T12 EF44	N/A	2009	$698,296	4	Corporation	6	471557
25	Sheehan Brothers Family Butchers LIMITED	Ireland	Mallow	Ballydaheen	Cork	N/A	N/A	2010	$698,296	38	Corporation	2	480293

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Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 912 Irish butchers with a known headcount, 449 (49%) have one to four people, 319 have five to nine, 134 have ten to 49 and 10 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (429, 47%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 10768 84%
Small 10 to 49134 15%
Medium 50 to 24910 1%
Large 250+0 0.0%

Grey line: the share among all Irish companies (87% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 8 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest butchers in Ireland

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Dublin. Click a name for the record.

Galtee Meats is the largest butcher in Ireland by headcount. 10 firms employ 50 people or more; 3 employ 100 or more.

1Tipperary150 staff
2Drogheda150 staff
3Dublin104 staff
4Dun Laoghaire86 staff
5Cork75 staff
6Dublin67 staff
7Dublin65 staff
8Naas63 staff
9Howth62 staff
10Dublin60 staff

By employee size · 912 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	449	49%
5-9	319	35%
10-19	105	12%
20-49	29	3%
50-99	7	0.8%
100-199	3	0.3%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

49% have 1 to 4 people; 29 have 20 to 49; 10 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	429	47%
$100K-$500K	398	44%
$500K-$1M	66	7%
$1M-$5M	5	0.6%
$10M-$50M	5	0.6%
$50M-$100M	1	0.1%
$100M-$500M	2	0.2%

47% under $100,000; 5 between $1M and $5M; 8 above $5M.

Where in Ireland?

Dublin has the most butchers in Ireland (140), ahead of Cork (41), Limerick (33), Galway (23) and Ennis (22). Together the five hold three in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

196 Irish cities have at least one butcher; 21 have ten or more; 89 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

How many butchers are there in Ireland?

Butchers in Ireland

916

4 November 2026

There are 916 butchers in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 439 Irish companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every month this year (12 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 877 96%
Head offices: 29
Branch offices: 10

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 4722. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 4722.

557 of the 916 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (61%); 17 are sole traders. They come from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and our Irish register data, through the Company Data API.

Butchers in Dublin

Dublin has 140 butchers, 0.1% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 48% below the national share. Half Dublin firms have fewer than five people; 4 have 50 or more. 1 new firm was entered in 2026, 17 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 75 · 54%
5-9: 41 · 29%
10-19: 17 · 12%
20-49: 3 · 2%
50+: 4 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 5 · 4%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 99 · 71%
Other or none: 36 · 26%

Of the Irish total: 15.3%
Of all Dublin companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 0.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 1
Entered 2025: 7
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 8.3%

Old

Before 1990: 17 · 12%
1990 or later: 123 · 88%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 24.3%

Reachable

Email: 37 · 26%
Phone: 64 · 46%
Website: 47 · 34%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 68 · 49%
$100K-$500K: 57 · 41%
$500K-$1M: 11 · 8%
$1M and more: 3 · 2%

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The oldest firms in Ireland

Our data holds 1 Irish butchers from before 1900, 6 from before 1950 and 70 from before 1990.

1892
1. Dublin
1900
1. Limerick
1906
1. Drogheda
1915
1. Roscommon
1918
1. Killarney
1946
1. Swords

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Irish butchers date from before 1990

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 30 retail companies for every butcher in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Retail Companies	27,055	37%	61%
Food Distribution Companies	2,837	21%	65%
Food Companies	2,457	34%	50%
Butchers	916	31%	49%
Bakeries	654	50%	46%
Meat Companies	298	28%	46%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	99,835	3.5
Italy	41,350	5.9
The USA	28,583	0.4
France	20,471	1.4
Spain	15,098	2.8
Ireland	916	2.3

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Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in fifty-four Irish butchers work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Three in five are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders172%
Partnerships50.5%
Ltd, DAC and PLC55761%
No form on record or other33737%

Single-site: 96%
Head offices: 29
Branches: 10

All Irish companies: 2% sole traders, 0.3% partnerships, 83% Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How reachable are they?

Butchers are easier to reach than the average Irish company: 53% list a phone number and 31% a website.

Email230 25%
Phone486 53%
Website283 31%

Grey line: all Irish companies (email 14%, phone 22%, website 21%).

The full list with these fields is in our Irish company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many butchers are there in Ireland?

There are 916 butchers in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 439 Irish companies.

Which is the largest butcher in Ireland?

Galtee Meats in Tipperary, with 150 staff. By revenue Cavankee Fishing Company in Lifford leads with $103.3 million a year.

Which Irish city has the most butchers?

Dublin, with 140, ahead of Cork (41), Limerick (33), Galway (23) and Ennis (22).

How many butchers are there in Dublin?

140, which is 0.1% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 48% below the national share.

How big is a typical butcher?

49% of the 912 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 10 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Irish butchers sole traders or companies?

One in fifty-four (17) are sole traders, 0.5% are partnerships and 61% (557) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many butchers started in 2026?

12 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 18 in 2025. 12 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest butcher in Ireland?

Cosgraves Butchers in Dublin, 1892, followed by Sheehen,j, in Limerick (1900) and Callaghans Butchers in Drogheda (1906). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers butchers?

Irish butchers are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 4722. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 4722.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 916 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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